Feature /// School sports
Olympian presents awards to ambitious Bourne Grammar BOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL’S annual Sports Presentation Evening, held on Tuesday 9 July, saw guest of honour three-times Olympian and British Women’s Javelin record holder Goldie Sayers, present the prizes. She was making a return to Bourne Grammar, having last visited a year ago when she was part of the Olympic Torch relay as it passed through Bourne, using the Grammar School as its base. Goldie, who is based in Cambridge, spoke to the students who had come with their parents to receive hundreds of awards for their sporting successes over the year. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics, despite a ligament injury to her elbow. There were awards in netball, hockey,
basketball, football, girls’ football, cross-country, swimming, rowing, tennis, athletics, cricket and rugby at school, county, regional and national levels, such is the extent and level of achievement in sport at the Grammar School. Bourne Grammar’s headteacher, Jonathan Maddox, spoke of the school’s plans to extend and develop its sporting facilities, starting with an addition to the school’s playing fields next year and plans to extend the sports hall. He explained that the School is very keen to build a full-size all-weather playing surface on its field and the project is beginning to take shape. The Bourne Educational Foundation, which has supported Bourne Grammar and all the
other schools in Bourne for many years, has released a considerable sum towards the all-weather pitch. This was revealed when school governor Bob Brown presented the school with a cheque for £92,216.32. Maddox added: “We are immensely grateful to our friends at the BEF for this enormous contribution to the all-weather surface. “The BEF governors know the school well so can be confident that the money will, hopefully very soon, enable hundreds of students every year, for years, to enjoy high-quality play without disruption due to the weather, and that the new facility will also be a wonderful and much-needed community facility, to be enjoyed by all.”
Oakham cricketers win Bows Festival OAKHAM SCHOOL won the prestigious Bows Festival at Brighton, capping a strong cricket season for the school. They defeated Brighton, Wellington and Sedbergh – teams considered to be some of the best in the country with strong cricketing reputations. Brighton were comprehensively defeated after some devastating quick bowling had swept away the opposition for 75. Tim Juggins and captain, Henry Foster, were the chief destroyers, ably assisted by Charles Hurley and James Ilott. Batsman Joe Kendall and Albert Radford enabled Oakham to cruise to victory by eight wickets. On the second day, after another fine bowling display, the strong Wellington School side was bowled out for 225, with Henry Foster again to the fore. Off spinner, Ollie Elson, also figured
strongly with each bowler taking three wickets. Jack Crace (52) and Charles Hurley (48) batted with great composure in tense circumstances before Oakham won convincingly by four
wickets with three overs to spare. The scene was, therefore, set for the final showdown with Sedbergh, whom many had feted as favourites to win the tournament, and boasted a strong batting line-up. The opposition won a vital toss in cloudy helpful bowling conditions and the control of the game fluctuated from one side to the other. After Oakham had batted themselves into an extremely strong position, Sedbergh fought back strongly before finally amassing a reasonable working total of 215-9. However, in reply, Sedbergh’s commanding start was shattered by the hostile bowling of Jack Crace (5-24) and Elson (3-30) and Oakham won in a canter by 30 runs. Henry Foster, an inspiring captain, held the trophy aloft with pride and Jack Crace was nominated player of the tournament.
Stuart Broad returns to Brooke Priory OLD BOY STUART BROAD returned to Brooke Priory recently to give the kids some cricketing tips, with the U11 boys cricket team then beating Abbey School from Leicester to win the Leicestershire 6-a-side league. Headmistress Elizabeth Bell said: ‘We are all so proud of the boys, they set themselves the target of winning a trophy and they have secured arguably the most prestigious title in Leicestershire!’ The boys will be invited to pick up their trophy from County Hall in Glenfield in October.
Pupils from the school took part in the Leicestershire and Rutland Schools Games with the U11 High Five Netball team winning the Spirit of the Games award for their sportsmanlike attitude and exemplary behaviour. Year 4 pupil Rachael Hancock won gold in the PAN gymnastics. Le
The squad with Stuart Broad: Freddie Scott (captain), Ruben Scott, Fred Johnson, Gabriel Tufail-Smith, Joe Rumble, Jacob Davies, Oliver Drakard and Oscar Bryan
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